Image Web Resources to Explore

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There are lots of websites that offer free clipart, graphics, animations, photographs, or images for private non-commercial use. Sometimes the images are completely free. Other sites have legitimate "free" resources but require you to create an "account" by registering first. Beware! Your email address will now likely be used for marketing. Some of these companies trade their resources for access to your name, address and/or email. I usually have a legitimate but empty email address for these situations. This empty email is usually web-based and the mail to this address is not sent directly to my desktop.  

Other websites offer royalty-free resources . Companies that provide royalty-free images or music / sounds usually ask that you pay a subscription fee to access and use their entire collections. Sometimes there is a price per item that is put in the "cart." There are no restrictions on usage or further fees required on royalty-free resources. All of the sites listed below give away a portion of their collection as a marketing strategy to entice subscribers to use their services. Enjoy the many "free" samples in these sites or if you find a great site, the subscription fee may be worth paying.

 

Image Web Sites

TIP: Cameras are easier these days but it is still a challenge to take good still and video photography. Now you can pick up great tutorials with tips from the best by visiting Adobe's Digital Kid's Club site for professional advice for landscape, winter, animal, close-ups, sport photos plus techniques like lighting, framing, and camera perspectives - and much more! http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/tips/main.html

TIP: Be sure to read the terms of use at any site from which you are taking images or sounds since many require you to include screen credits to the authors or websites as part of your permission to use the resources. It is a good ethical practice to cite and credit ALL sources of any resources you use.

TIP: Choose images with no less than 720x534 dpi in order to have full quality resolution for digital storytelling projects.   72 dpi is web resolution size.

TIP: Click on the thumbnail version of the image to access the actual image resolution.

Clip Art

	Pics 4 Learning
	Classroom Clipart
	Animation Station
	Barry's Clipart
	Clipart.com
	Free Graphics
	Web Clipart

Free Images

	Background City
	FontPlay Images
	Flickr
	Free Photographs
	Library of Congress
	Morguefile - Free high resolution digital stock photography for public use
	Yotophoto

Royalty Free

	Digital Juice JumpBack Tracks - Royal free stock video clips
	Stocked Photos
	Fresher Image

Video Clips

	Digital Juice JumpBack Tracks - Royal free stock video clips
	History Channels Speeches that Changed the World
	Internet Movie Archive
	TeacherTube
	You Tube